Natasa Janjic Movies
- 2009
This gritty, complex period piece unfurls circa 1914, against the explosive backdrop of the early-World War I Balkans. In a Serbian village on the banks of the Sava River (which constitutes the border of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), the local population falls into two factions with radically different ideologies: the veterans from prior Balkan conflicts, many of whom are invalids given their war casualties, and the new military recruits - young, strapping and full of vigor. When the Great War formally erupts following the Archduke's assassination, the new recruits of the village march off to the front lines, leaving the invalids behind; many of those who remain willfully and irresponsibly take sexual advantage of the soldiers' wives and sisters. News of this reaches the Serbian High Command shortly before the battles commence; in response, he summons the invalids and places them at the front lines, in an attempt to effectively deal with the guilty parties. Meanwhile, an unexpected romance blossoms between an area policeman, his wife, and a Balkan war invalid. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lazar Ristovski, Milutin Milosevic, (more)
- 2007
A hard-partying Croatian accustomed to the easy life goes through a painful period of personal growth after discovering that he is H.I.V.- positive in writer/director Dalibor Matanic's bleak tale of absence and emptiness. Kreso (Kresimir Mikic) is an unrepentant hedonist whose days are filled with an endless stream of drinking, drugs, and sex. Despite achieving a respectable level of success as a high-profile advertising executive, Kreso is essentially a frightened boy trapped in a grown man's body -- continually bailed out by his father and emotionally distant to his live-in girlfriend. Upon learning that he has been infected with H.I.V., Kreso watches his outwardly glamorous life slowly stripped bare as his surroundings grow inconsequential
and his human connections rapidly deteriorate. With the loss of his job, this emotionally bankrupt party boy is forced to fend for himself, and to take his first painful steps toward his ultimate redemption. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
and his human connections rapidly deteriorate. With the loss of his job, this emotionally bankrupt party boy is forced to fend for himself, and to take his first painful steps toward his ultimate redemption. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kresimir Mikic, Ivana Roscic, (more)
- 2006
An emotionally devastated war veteran sets out to spread happiness across Bosnia after his friends spark a melee that leaves all but him dead in first-time Sarajevan director Antonio Nuic's deliberately-paced comedy drama. Every day Goran (Rakan Rushaidat) pass the time by drinking their worries away in the local watering hole. When a bitter dispute arises and Goran proves the sole survivor of the deadly fight that follows, he sells his parent's home, purchases a refreshment truck, and sets out to provide free soft drinks and grappa to anyone who asks. Goran's pledge never to spend two nights in the same town is soon challenged, however, when the grieving veteran falls for a pretty woman (Natasa Janjic) who has also been scarred by a tragic loss. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rakan Rushaidat, Natasa Janjic, (more)
